The U.S. Treasury announced Tuesday it was easing sanctions on a major Russian aluminum firm — and said it would do away with the sanctions altogether if the firm cut ties with Russian Jewish oligarch Oleg Deripaska, POLITICO reported. The firm, Rusal, is the second-largest aluminum producer in the world. Deripaska, 50, is the company’s…
The Russian billionaires behind the Israeli award that Natalie Portman snubbed last week are mentioned in the controversial Steele dossier, which details alleged connections between Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia. Mikhail Fridman, Petr Aven and German Khan, who fund the $1 million annual Genesis Prize, are listed in the intelligence package compiled by former British…
A Treasury Department report submitted to Congress lists 210 Russian government officials and billionaires close to the government who may be subject to U.S. sanctions. The list, commonly referred to as the “Putin list,” is required by Congress as part of legislation meant to penalize Russia for its interference in the 2016 elections and for…
Mikhail Fridman sings Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ in effort to make record books / Russian Jewish Congress (JTA) — If time really is money, then the song that producer Igor Sandler recorded on Tuesday at his Moscow studio not only will be the longest tune ever released, but may be among the costliest to make. That’s…
(JTA) — The explosion that ripped through Vadim Rabinovich’s luxury SUV in central Kiev was strong enough to send a shock wave from the parking lot up to his third-floor office in the heart of the Ukrainian capital. “It was a shock for a day or two,” Rabinovich said, “and then I moved on.” The…
He was once celebrated for his vast fortune and daring deals, but when Israeli tycoon Nochi Dankner was about to catch a break from the bank on his massive debts, public outrage kicked in. Under a cascade of negative media attention, Bank Leumi , Israel’s second largest bank, abruptly cancelled its plans to forego 150…
Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky, who died in a mansion near London in unexplained circumstances last weekend, was found lying on the floor of the bathroom with a “ligature around his neck”, an inquest into his death heard on Thursday. Police have said there was no sign of a struggle and that the 67-year-old’s death was…
Britain opens a judicial inquiry into the death of Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky on Thursday to establish how he died in the locked bathroom of his vast mansion near London. Berezovsky, who survived years of intrigue, power struggles and assassination attempts in Russia, was found dead on Saturday in his home in Ascot, a town…
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